After God’s perfectly timed humbling work in my heart, “I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High—honoring the one who lives forever. God’s rule is everlasting and his kingdom is eternal. I control nothing and my fiefdom is like the mist.
All the people of the earth are tee-tiny compared to him. God does as he pleases among the angels of heaven, the people of the earth, and the nations of his world. Nobody can stop him, or arrogantly say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?‘” (pp Daniel 4:34-35)
Heavenly Father, I love this passage, and the truth it affirms. It gives me peace and hope, as I vex, fume, pray about our country and your cosmos. Like Nebuchadnezzar, I’m in constant need of getting low and returning to Gospel-sanity.
Father, I’m glad you do as you please—and not as we presume, beg, and demand. Help me and my friends trust your heart when we cannot see your hand. When we are fearful and faithless, under-believing and over-stressing, you remain steadfast in your love, joyful on your throne, and 100% in control. Thank you for your kindness and patience with us.
As this day begins and continues, I’m grateful you care for birds and fields, little children and aging adults, “cattle in Nineveh” (Jonah 4:11) and “bruised reeds” like us (Matt.12:20). Nothing happens apart from your sovereign decrees and eternal delight. That doesn’t make our lives necessarily easy, but it sure makes them wondrously yours.
Abba, forgive me when I doubt your faithfulness and grant me grace when I struggle with your hiddenness. I plan on making more time for adoration and less time for agitation. So Very Amen.
